CVE-2008-3534

no score yetEPSS 0.5%

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-400
Published: 2008-08-08
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
debian:debian_linux
linux:linux_kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

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